API 2023:2001
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GUIDE FOR SAFE STORAGE AND HANDLING OF HEATED PETROLEUM-DERIVED ASPHALT PRODUCTS AND CRUDE-OIL RESIDUA
Hardcopy , PDF
10-02-2024
English
01-01-2006
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1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Purpose
1.2 Scope
1.3 Retroactivity
1.4 Concept of Hazard vs Risk
2 REFERENCED PUBLICATIONS
3 DEFINITIONS
4 HAZARDS AND RISK REDUCTION ASSOCIATED WITH HEATED
STORAGE AND HANDLING OF HEAVY HYDROCARBONS
4.1 OVERVIEW
4.2 THERMAL BURN HAZARDS TO PERSONNEL & RISK
REDUCTION
4.3 ACUTE HEALTH HAZARDS & RISK REDUCTION
4.4 POTENTIAL CHRONIC HEALTH HAZARDS & RISK
REDUCTION
4.5 COMPATIBILITY OF MATERIALS AND AVOIDING
FROTHOVERS
4.6 FIRE PREVENTION
4.7 FIRE SUPPRESSION
5 STORAGE TANKS
5.1 TANK ROOFS
5.2 TANK VENTS
5.3 TANK TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT
5.4 LIQUID COVERAGE OF TANK HEATING SOURCES
5.5 TANK HEATING COIL CONSIDERATIONS
5.6 EFFECTS OF TANK TEMPERATURE CYCLING
5.7 HAZARDS OF INACTIVE TANKS
5.8 STORING ASPHALT EMULSIONS
5.9 STORING & HANDLING POLYMER MODIFIED
ASPHALT
6 STORAGE AT HIGH TEMPERATURES
6.1 GENERAL HIGH TEMPERATURE OPERATING
CONSIDERATIONS
6.2 INERT-GAS BLANKETING
6.3 PYROPHORIC DEPOSITS
6.4 BLOWING LINES WITH AIR
6.5 TEMPERATURE STRESS LIMITATIONS OF TANKS
6.6 RESPONDING TO ABNORMAL SITUATIONS
7 MIXING PROCEDURES
7.1 MIXING-GENERAL
7.2 MECHANICAL MIXING
7.3 AIR MIXING
8 HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITHTANK VEHICLES
8.1 VENTING AND WATER-FREEING
8.2 FIRED HEATERS ON TANK VEHICLES
8.3 CLEANING TANK TRUCKS AND RAIL CARS
8.4 INSPECTING TANK TRUCKS AND RAIL CARS
8.5 LOADING AND UNLOADING TANK TRUCKS
AND RAIL CARS
9 CONCLUSIONS
APPENDIX A - GUIDE FOR ASPHALT/RESIDUA HANDLING
APPENDIX B - FLASH POINT TEMPERATURES, SPECIFICATIONS
AND TESTS FOR ASPHALT & RESIDUAL PRODUCTS
APPENDIX C - FIRST AID FOR HOT ASPHALT-TYPE BURNS
APPENDIX D - LESSONS LEARNED RELATIVE TO SAFE STORAGE
AND HANDLING OF HEATED ASPHALT AND
RESIDUAL PRODUCTS
APPENDIX E - QUESTIONS & ANSWERS RELATIVE TO SAFE
STORAGE AND HANDLING OF HEATED ASPHALT
AND RESIDUAL PRODUCTS
APPENDIX F - DEFINITIONS OF PETROLEUM INDUSTRY
TERMS
APPENDIX G - UNITS OF MEASUREMENT
APPENDIX H - SOURCES OF REFERENCE INFORMATION
FOR END-USERS
APPENDIX J - EXPOSURE LIMITS AND HEALTH STUDIES
- RELATED TO ASPHALT FUME
APPENDIX K - FIRE SUPPRESSION TECHNIQUES FOR HEATED
HEAVY-OIL PRODUCT TANKS
Provides information to assist in the safe storage and handling of heated petroleum-derived asphalt products and crude-oil residua.
| DocumentType |
Standard
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| Pages |
54
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| ProductNote |
Reconfirmed 2001
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| PublisherName |
American Petroleum Institute
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| Status |
Superseded
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| SupersededBy |
| NFPA 325 : 1994 | FIRE HAZARD PROPERTIES OF FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS, GASES, AND VOLATILE SOLIDS |
| API 2000 : 2014 | VENTING ATMOSPHERIC AND LOW-PRESSURE STORAGE TANKS |
| API 2003 : 2015 | PROTECTION AGAINST IGNITIONS ARISING OUT OF STATIC, LIGHTNING, AND STRAY CURRENTS |
| API 2021A : 1998 | INTERIM STUDY - PREVENTION AND SUPPRESSION OF FIRES IN LARGE ABOVEGROUND ATMOSPHERIC STORAGE TANKS |
| NFPA 385 : 2017 | TANK VEHICLES FOR FLAMMABLE AND COMBUSTIBLE LIQUIDS |
| API 2350 : 2012 | OVERFILL PROTECTION FOR STORAGE TANKS IN PETROLEUM FACILITIES |
| API 2001 : 2012 | FIRE PROTECTION IN REFINERIES |
| API 2015 : 2014 | REQUIREMENTS FOR SAFE ENTRY AND CLEANING OF PETROLEUM STORAGE TANKS |
| NFPA 30 : 2018 | FLAMMABLE AND COMBUSTIBLE LIQUIDS CODE |
| NFPA 77 : 2014 | STATIC ELECTRICITY |
| API 650 : 2013 | WELDED TANKS FOR OIL STORAGE |
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